SBI Growth

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Do you want to increase sales and meet your 2013 goals? Encourage sales and marketing to build personas and build a plan to operationalize them immediately. Marketing is frustrated because of the time, money and effort exerted to build them. Buyer personas should be built by marketing in collaboration with sales.

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Meeting Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Persona Forecasting 288

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

This year is no different than years prior in that every VP of Sales is getting ready for the annual 2013 sales planning season. Translation: Even if the CEO/CFO allocate more money to you (the CSO), you should allocate some of those dollars to Marketing. Never before has the linkage between Marketing and Sales become more important.

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Top of Funnel Funnel Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 267

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Teams of Lead Development Reps (LDRs) are being built in Marketing to help fill the Sales pipeline with qualified leads. Typically, LDR compensation comes from one of these methods: Marketing reallocates budgeted funds. For example, Marketing may take money from ineffective trade show spending. This is an emerging best practice.

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Compensation Hiring Marketing Trade Show 267

SBI Growth

JANUARY 18, 2013

This post includes one tool to think more strategically about a part of the business. During the interview, I was surprised to hear the biggest HR challenge for 2013. It is to align the talent to where the market will be in 2014. The sales force is tentative - 2013 will be a repeat of 2012. But they should. And beyond.

Compensation 292

Compensation Retention Ideal Customer Profile Territories 292

SBI Growth

JANUARY 9, 2013

Our 2012 sales leader research finds it is still a big fear for 2013. A tool is available for download – a full syllabus of Sales leadership courseware. A tool is available for download – a full syllabus of Sales leadership courseware. Here are five steps for HR to build a sales leadership pipeline in 2013: 1.

Sales Leadership 310

Sales Leadership Buyer Persona Exercises Course 310

SBI Growth

AUGUST 10, 2012

When you built your new product, you most likely did most or all of the following: Conducted market research to understand the problems of your customers. Validated the market will pay to solve these problems. Launched marketing campaigns to generate interest. Distribute Marketing campaign schedules. They should.

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Sales Enablement Tools Territories Campaigns 267

SBI Growth

JANUARY 21, 2013

Here are the biggest threats to the CSO in 2013. 5 years ago, the two black boxes of reliable data were Sales and Marketing. Today, marketing has dramatically changed. Armed with Marketing Automation Software, CMOs are tracing new customers back to their campaigns. The consensus on Wall Street is a strong 2013.

Face-to-face 244

Face-to-face Vendor Decision Maker Inside Sales 244

Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 8, 2013

Issue Date: 2013-07-01. Teaser: The element of surprise remains one of the most powerful marketing tools of all. The element of surprise remains one of the most powerful marketing tools of all. Make room for a little serendipity. In fact, plan for it. Make room for a little serendipity. In fact, plan for it.

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Tools Marketing 196

SBI Growth

AUGUST 1, 2013

We’re nearly 60% through 2013. The market has dictated. With no increased budget and only five months remaining in 2013, efficiency is needed. Let the Scorecard tool do the math delivering an overall customer priority score. Time is running short for 2013. Just five months left. Option 1 : Add resources.

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Ideal Customer Profile Tools Scale Hiring 317

SBI Growth

AUGUST 15, 2012

Focused on identifying game changing market opportunities. To be a game changing Sales Operations leader, you should be asking yourself the following: What is the market for our products/services? Are we currently covering or capturing buyers in our target market? Average Joe’s Analysis of Market Opportunities.

Infusion 244

Infusion Data Ideal Customer Profile Strategy 244

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

2013 is the year Social Selling became Mission Critical. Social Selling training budgets increased 48% in 2013. Social Selling’s ‘Lead-to-Close’ conversion rate is 5x marketing sourced leads. This post will address what Marketing can do to promote, enable and optimize social selling within the organization.

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Social Selling Top of Funnel Ideal Customer Profile Marketing 321

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

A customized sales process is an excellent tool. These tools help to anticipate buyer trends and keep pace with the buyer. You can access the guide when you sign-up for SBI’s Sales & Marketing Research Review. Discover insights and market trends from SBI’s research in 2013.

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Buyer Persona Buyer Tools Trends 307

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

This tool has been around for a few years now. To assist you further, sign-up for SBI’s Sales & Marketing Research Review here. You will have access to guides, templates and tools to help your BPM drive revenue. Marketing is creating relevant content that the sales team can leverage throughout sales campaigns.

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Tools Sales Tools Collateral Vendor 300

SBI Growth

MARCH 17, 2013

To get to the position of CMO or VP of Marketing, you are a top talent. Marketing as a skill is no different. Download the marketing leader assessment to identify your blind spots. Reaching the most senior marketing position requires A-Player talent. Now that you’re on top, your marketing skills may be eroding.

Marketing 314

Marketing Social Media Lead Generation Campaigns 314

SBI Growth

AUGUST 8, 2012

Marketing, do you have a sales quota tied to Lead Generation ? Sign up for our Make the Number Tour if you would like to see how your peers are allocating people, money and time in 2013. B2B companies are assigning their Marketing teams with lead quotas tied directly to a percentage of the corporate sales goal. What to do?”

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Quota Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Demand Generation Targets 276

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The Holy Grail of 2014 Planning: Marketing Contribution as a % of Total Revenue. 2013 is the last year executives accepted activity-level results from marketing. Expectations of marketing accountability have increased to the level expected of sales performance. Executive marketing leaders need to push the debris aside.

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B2B Sales Qualified Lead Marketing Lead Generation 331

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

More often than not, sales and marketing live in siloes. Reps wonder what marketing does and contributes; marketing complains reps ignore their efforts. For a company to survive these days, sales and marketing must work in concert. The best marketing leaders know how to overcome the divide and gain credibility with sales.

Buyer Persona 310

Buyer Persona Marketing How To Lead Rank 310

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

I’ve heard a lot of talk about “ Content Marketing.” It gets great reviews from C-Level executives, marketers and even sales managers. But how does Content Marketing help the Sales Rep? Today’s post outlines the benefits of Content Marketing from the Sales Rep’s perspective. Download a time study tool at this event.

Marketing 300

Marketing Sales Qualified Lead Face-to-face Buyer 300

Score More Sales

MARCH 26, 2013

Mid-sized companies need better tools to help understand what customers need and want. It went on to say that many midsize businesses still rely on traditional, non-integrated customer management, sales tracking or marketing systems. Create a visual representation or flow chart of data from marketing to sales to operations.

CRM 235

CRM Guidelines Compensation Outbound 235

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Over the past year, there have been many great Marketing & Lead Generation blog posts. I offer you an executive summary of key takeaways from SBI’s marketing related posts. I have compiled the top 15 questions to evaluate your performance against best-in-class marketing operations. I created Buyer Personas ?

Marketing 297

Marketing Face-to-face Buyer Persona Lead Rank 297

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 6, 2012

This is an executive-level overview of the Internal Content Marketing Agency (ICMA). What is an Internal Content Marketing Agency? It can be located within your Sales or Marketing organizations. It produces content of sufficient quantity and quality to meet the needs of the Marketing and Sales departments. I thought so.

Demand Generation Agencies 267

Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Hiring Demand Generation Targets 267

SBI Growth

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The ability to demonstrate marketing's return on investment is at the top of every CMO's plan for 2013. The ROI picture has been elusive as marketers struggle to capture the full impact of marketing’s contribution. We know that marketing plays a vital role in building preference and driving interactions.

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Demand Generation Agencies Marketing Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation 293

SBI Growth

JANUARY 22, 2013

Few marketing teams of $100M+ companies are built for modern demand generation. Marketing team structures too often are remnants from the days of print ad dominance. Marketing teams advanced effectively with this approach in the past. In-house marketing technology is a lynch pin of success. Evolving your Marketing Team.

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Demand Generation Targets Demand Generation Marketing Customer 322

SBI Growth

AUGUST 23, 2012

Here it comes, the 2013 budgeting process. On top of finishing out 2012, you need to determine which Sales Strategy initiatives to prioritize in order to make the 2013 number. Get a copy of my 5 Step Sales Strategy Decision Tool here to give you the answers you’re looking for in the shortest amount of time. You still have time.

Strategy 293

Strategy Analysis Quota Resources 293

Pointclear

APRIL 30, 2013

I''m pleased to have as my guest today Jamie Turner, CEO and Founder of The 60 Second Marketer, an organization that provides tools, tips and tutorials on the newest techniques in marketing. Jamie was recently profiled in Advertising and Promotion , the world''s best-selling college-level marketing textbook.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads Marketing Qualified Lead 248

No More Cold Calling

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

You can’t depend on your marketing department to generate real leads. Do you really think marketing can qualify your leads? Consider this example from Dan McDade, president and CEO of PointClear: The marketing department for one unnamed company generated more than 9,000 “sales leads” in a year, but only 1.28 Even in Sales 2.0,

Sales Qualified Lead 263

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Leads 263

SBI Growth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Picture this: we opened the presentation with this question: “Are you going to make your 2013 revenue number?” This article will provide you with insights and strategies for still making the number in 2013. To assist you further, sign-up for SBI’s Sales & Marketing Research Review here. 5 Keys to Closing Strong in 2013.

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Pipeline ACT Competition Top of Funnel 306

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Prioritization through 3 lenses: What sales productivity problems should you fix in 2013? Your peers told us what they are doing during this event and how they are prioritizing for the 2013 sales strategy inside their regions. Question : What Sales Productivity Problem should you Fix in 2013? You don’t run Marketing.

Scale 282

Scale Face-to-face Promotion Lead Rank 282

SBI Growth

JANUARY 2, 2013

But you can excel in 2013 because of your shortcomings in 2012. And with these answers come chances for improvement in 2013. John Kenney writes a great post on how to Maximize Your "B Player" Sales Talent in 2013 ). “C” The VP-Sales and the VP-Marketing own this area jointly. A Win/Loss Assessment is an invaluable tool.

Sales Qualified Lead 267

Sales Qualified Lead Lead Rank Lead Scoring Lead Gen 267

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Issue Date: 2013-01-01. Author: By Peter Mollins, Vice President of Marketing, KnowledgeTree. Teaser: Successful marketing increasingly depends on well-timed, relevant and proven content being delivered to prospects. The trend of buyers researching products well before they engage with a representative is only going to increase.

Software 176

Software Software Marketing Trends 176

Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan My vision, of how the future of selling is shaping up, appears in today''s (the December 18, 2013) issue of Top Sales Magazine. This issue also features the 2013 Award Winners of the Top Sales & Marketing Awards in 18 Categories. We did pretty well this year!

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Sales Talent Course Video Up-Sell 240

SBI Growth

MAY 5, 2013

I recently had a cup of coffee with a good friend and marketing peer. I had recently read Hubspot’s newest release of the State of Inbound Marketing Report, and a key stat hit me. Kathy was going to pay more attention to the formal management of leads between sales and marketing. Kathy is the CMO of an emerging software company.

Cost per Lead 323

Cost per Lead Inbound Buyer Persona Cost per Acquisition 323

HeavyHitter Sales

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Based upon my experience, here’s my list of the best companies to sell for in 2013. Triple Point Technologies www.tpt.com   – Triple Point Technologies is fundamentally changing how purchasing departments operate by enabling them to implement proactive "market-based" procurement and risk management programs.

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Company Analytics Enterprise Enterprise 152

Fill the Funnel

DECEMBER 3, 2012

This years Top Sales Books to Read in 2013. They represent the freshest, most innovative thinking on sales currently on the market and take into consideration the changing sales climate and competitive realities every sales rep and sales leader is facing. LinkedIn has become a “cool” tool.

Face-to-face 132

Face-to-face Top of Funnel Call-back Sales 132

SBI Growth

JULY 19, 2013

Either way, your 2014 number will outpace 2013. They know that the market is moving at warp speed. They know that the market is moving at warp speed. You can’t repeat your 2013 sales strategy in 2014. QUANTIFY YOUR RISK IN EACH OF THESE AREAS WITH THE PROJECT RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL. The change must be realistic.

Guarantee 296

Guarantee Exercises Follow-up LinkedIn 296

SBI Growth

MARCH 15, 2013

In two weeks, 25% of 2013 will be behind you. Solving it will help you make your 2013 number. At the end of 2013, you’ll need to take ownership of the year. “I The Sales & Marketing Budget Tool ( Click to Download ) will help you make the most of your current budget. You need to make it work with what you have.

How To 244

How To Follow-up Tools Marketing 244

SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

With 20 years of experience, including Business Development, IT, Consulting, and Marketing, he’s a great source of business knowledge. Later in the article I share a tool to assist those currently in this dilemma. 4) How will the loss of this deal affect you making your number in 2013? Opportunity Assessment Tool.

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Case Study Study Travel Quota 314